Articles Tagged Tom Gorzelanny

Articles Tagged Tom Gorzelanny

Will Carroll's Under The Knife is called the "industry standard" by
Peter Gammons and that's good enough for us. Carroll's groundbreaking
work on injuries have led to it becoming a standard part of the
discussion in baseball. Whether you're a fantasy fan or checking out
how your team will be without a star, there's simply no other place to
get this kind of daily information.

It's extra toil for extra credit, but teams are trying to keep their ambitions afloat by acting proactively.

Every event in baseball has a context. A hit is never just a hit, a pitch is never just a pitch, and no stat tells a story without knowing its context. The same is true for injuries. No injury happens in isolation, and depending on who, what, and where, the same injury can mean two entirely different things. While a win is just a win, the scarcity in today's market and the seeming lack of understanding of roster-building make the inevitable run of injuries take on a perceived greater import. While there are few times where hiding an injury has value, this time of year is one of them, as we saw with the Mets and Duaner Sanchez last season. It was a very temporary move designed to hold a specific outcome in place rather than a "chronic misdirection," as one team exec called a lie he'd held onto for a week before the truth got out. With injury days and the dollars lost to them up significantly this season, each move we see changes the stakes for teams. Some teams understand that there are three kinds of transactions-trades, promotions, and injury moves. All three should be proactive.

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